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Table Of Contents
- VMware® Lab Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Introducing Lab Manager
- Getting Started with Lab Manager
- Working with Virtual Machines
- Accessing Virtual Machines
- Reviewing the Virtual Machine Console Page
- Reviewing Virtual Machine Operations
- Summary of Virtual Machine Operations
- Summary of Virtual Machine States
- Changing IP or MAC Addresses
- Setting Up Remote Desktop Connections
- Taking Snapshots and Reverting the Snapshots
- Inserting CDs
- Ejecting CDs
- Inserting Floppy Disks
- Ejecting Floppy Disks
- Adding Virtual Hard Disks to Virtual Machines (Templates)
- Editing Virtual Machine Properties
- Working with Machine Templates
- About Templates
- Accessing the Templates Page
- Reviewing Template Operations
- Summary of Template Operations
- Summary of Template States and Attributes
- Creating Templates
- Importing Templates
- Creating Templates from Scratch
- Creating Templates from Active Virtual Machines in Lab Manager
- Cloning Templates
- Copying Templates
- Undeploying Templates
- Sharing Templates
- Exporting Templates
- Consolidating Templates
- Editing Template Properties
- Deleting Templates
- Working with Configurations
- About Configurations
- Accessing Configurations
- Reviewing Configuration Operations
- Summary of Configuration Operations
- Summary of Configuration States and Attributes
- Creating Configurations
- Adding Virtual Machines to Existing Configurations
- Deploying Configurations
- Undeploying Configurations
- Capturing Configurations to the Library
- Checking Out Configurations from the Library
- Stopping Configurations
- Cloning Configurations
- Copying Configurations
- Exporting Configurations
- Importing Configurations
- Sharing Configurations
- Creating and Restoring Configuration LiveLinks
- Taking Snapshots and Reverting to Snapshots
- Editing Configuration Properties
- Viewing Details on Virtual Machines in a Configuration
- Accessing a Virtual Machine Console
- Accessing All Virtual Machine Consoles in a Configuration
- Deleting Configurations
- Working with Media
- Administering and Monitoring Lab Manager
- Monitoring Lab Manager
- Managing Users
- Managing Managed Server Systems
- Managing Storage Servers
- Configuring Network Settings
- Configuring Lab Manager Settings
- Troubleshooting Lab Manager
- Blank Screen Appears When Accessing Lab Manager
- Lab Manager Does Not Display Virtual Machine Console
- Duplicate IP Address Errors Appear
- Addition of SCSI Virtual Hard Disk Fails
- Mouse Navigation on Virtual Machine Console Fails
- Remote Access to Virtual Machine Fails
- LiveLink URL Error Appears
- Host Server CD Drive Cannot Install Software
- Importing a Virtual Machine as a Template Fails
- Import from VMFS Operation Fails
- Inserting Media from NFS Server Fails
- Lab Manager Server Fails, Loses Connectivity, or Reboots the System
- SMB Media Storage Server Fails
- Permanent Failure of Managed Server Occurs
- Temporary Failure of Managed Server Occurs (Reboot or Turn Off)
- Temporary Failure of Managed Server Occurs (Networking)
- Network Fencing
- Extending LM Tools
- Index
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Contents
EditingTemplateProperties 68
DeletingTemplates 70
5 WorkingwithConfigurations 71
AboutConfigurations 72
AccessingConfigurations 72
ReviewingConfigurationOperations 75
SummaryofConfigurationOperations 75
SummaryofConfigurationStatesandAttributes 77
CreatingConfigurations 78
ManuallyConfiguringtheIPAddressfortheVirtualMachine 80
AddingVirtualMachinestoExistingConfigurations 80
DeployingConfigurations 82
DeployOptions 83
DeploywithDefaultsOption 84
UndeployingConfigurations 85
CapturingConfigurationstotheLibrary 85
CheckingOutConfigurationsfromtheLibrary 86
StoppingConfigurations 86
Cloning
Configurations 87
CopyingConfigurations 88
ExportingConfigurations 89
ImportingConfigurations 91
SharingConfigurations 92
CreatingandRestoringConfigurationLiveLinks 92
TakingSnapshotsandRevertingtoSnapshots 94
EditingConfigurationProperties 95
ViewingDetailsonVirtualMachinesinaConfiguration 96
AccessingaVirtualMachineConsole 98
AccessingAllVirtualMachineConsolesinaConfiguration 98
DeletingConfigurations 98
6 WorkingwithMedia 99
AccessingtheMediaLibrary 100
ReviewingMediaOperations 101
AddingMediatotheLibrary 101
SynchronizingLabManagerwithMediaStorage 102
DeletingMediafromtheLibrary 103
SharingMediaFiles 103
PrivatizingMediaFiles 103